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Indonesia
Open Research

Indonesia Publishes the Most Open-access Journals in the World: What It Means for Local Research

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Indonesia
Open Research

Indonesia Publishes the Most Open-access Journals in the World: What It Means for Local Research

Indonesia has seen progress in open research ecosystem development. More needs to be done.

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Teaching

Wear Your Mask, but Think About Deaf Students

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Wear Your Mask, but Think About Deaf Students

Face masks are vital to containing the spread of COVID, but lecturers and universities must find ways to be inclusive, say Olivier Pourret and Elodie Saillet.

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Social Media

Does Social Media Poison Everything?

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Does Social Media Poison Everything?

The argument that we have the power to deal with the dangers of social media on our own can come across as cruelly individualistic tech-apologia.

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Biochemistry

Pioneers of Revolutionary CRISPR Gene Editing Win Chemistry Nobel

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Pioneers of Revolutionary CRISPR Gene Editing Win Chemistry Nobel

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna share award for developing the precise genome-editing technology.

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COVID-19
Science

There is No 'Scientific Divide' over Herd Immunity

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COVID-19
Science

There is No 'Scientific Divide' over Herd Immunity

There's a lot of talk of scientists divided over Covid-19, but when you look at the evidence any so-called divide starts to evaporate.

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COVID-19

'It's Been So, So Surreal.' Critics of Sweden's Lax Pandemic Policies Face Fierce Backlash

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Sweden
COVID-19

'It's Been So, So Surreal.' Critics of Sweden's Lax Pandemic Policies Face Fierce Backlash

Doctors face reprimands for wearing masks as researchers consider leaving the country. 

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Science

Why Nature Needs to Cover Politics Now More Than Ever

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Science

Why Nature Needs to Cover Politics Now More Than Ever

Science and politics are inseparable - and Nature will be publishing more politics news, comment and primary research in the coming weeks and months.

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United States
US

Prestigious Medical Journal Calls for US Leadership to Be Voted out over COVID-19 Failure

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United States
US

Prestigious Medical Journal Calls for US Leadership to Be Voted out over COVID-19 Failure

In an unprecedented move, the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday published an editorial written by its editors condemning the Trump administration for its response to the Covid-19 pandemic - and calling for the current leadership in the United States to be voted out of office.

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Commission Appoints Independent Search Committee and Invites Nominations and Applications to Fill the Post of the Next President of the European Research Council

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Commission Appoints Independent Search Committee and Invites Nominations and Applications to Fill the Post of the Next President of the European Research Council

Commissioner Mariya Gabriel today welcomes seven experts as members of the Search Committee for the next President of the ERC.

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Journal- or Article-based Citation Measure?

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Journal- or Article-based Citation Measure?

In academia, decisions on promotions are influenced by the citation impact of the works published by the candidates. The authors examine whether the journal impact factor rank could be replaced with the relative citation ratio, an article-level measure of citation impact developed by the National Institutes of Health.

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Racism

Female Academics Saw Their Own Experiences with #manterrupting in This Week's Vice Presidential Debate

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Racism

Female Academics Saw Their Own Experiences with #manterrupting in This Week's Vice Presidential Debate

Female academics saw their own experiences in the vice presidential debate's gendered and racialized dynamics.

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In a First, New England Journal of Medicine Joins Never-Trumpers

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Trump

In a First, New England Journal of Medicine Joins Never-Trumpers

Editors at the world's leading medical journal said the Trump administration "took a crisis and turned it into a tragedy."

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Ethics

Trump's Antibody Treatment Was Tested Using Cells Originally Derived from an Abortion

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COVID-19
Ethics

Trump's Antibody Treatment Was Tested Using Cells Originally Derived from an Abortion

This week, President Donald Trump extolled the cutting-edge coronavirus treatments he received as "miracles coming down from God." If that's true, then God employs cell lines derived from human fetal tissue.

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Covax: Covid Vaccine Global Effort Gets China's Support

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Collaboration

Covax: Covid Vaccine Global Effort Gets China's Support

Beijing joins initiative against 'vaccine nationalism' in contrast to US, which is not part of alliance.

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COVID-19
Sustainability

The COVID-19 Crisis Has Confirmed That a Strong Knowledge System is Key to a Just, Peaceful and Sustainable World

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COVID-19
Sustainability

The COVID-19 Crisis Has Confirmed That a Strong Knowledge System is Key to a Just, Peaceful and Sustainable World

COVID-19 has highlighted the need to work with researchers all around the world at the same time that it has also exposed the inequalities in the global research and knowledge system.

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COVID-19
Science Politics

Another Casualty of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Trust in Government Science

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Science Politics

Another Casualty of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Trust in Government Science

Politics has thoroughly contaminated the scientific process in 2020. The result has been an epidemic of distrust, which further undermines the nation’s already chaotic and ineffective response to the coronavirus.

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Metadata

The Next Generation Discovery Citation Indexes : A Review of the Landscape in 2020

medium
Metrics
Metadata

The Next Generation Discovery Citation Indexes : A Review of the Landscape in 2020

Everyone knows of the big 3 citation indexes, Web of Science Scopus & Google Scholar, but how do they compare to the new ones?

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Open Access

Initiative Pushes to Make Journal Abstracts Free to Read in One Place

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Initiative Pushes to Make Journal Abstracts Free to Read in One Place

Publishers agree to make journal summaries open and searchable in single repository.

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Economics

Economics Nobel Honors Pioneers of Auction Theory

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Awards
Economics

Economics Nobel Honors Pioneers of Auction Theory

Prizewinners developed auction formats used in markets for electricity, carbon credits, and radio spectrum allocation.

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Open Science

Wikimedia 2030: Together with Libraries to the Largest Knowledge Infrastructure in the World

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Wikimedia 2030: Together with Libraries to the Largest Knowledge Infrastructure in the World

The international Wikimedia movement, best known for its community-based online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, marked its 15th anniversary by setting its sights on the year 2030 and defined strategies, values and goals in an open process. Wikimedia Germany’s Nicole Ebber and Holger Plickert have answered some questions about the transformation, how Wikimedia wants to become the largest knowledge infrastructure in the world and what connections they see to libraries.

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COVID-19

Coronavirus Reinfections Are Real but Very, Very Rare

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COVID-19

Coronavirus Reinfections Are Real but Very, Very Rare

A case in Nevada has spurred new concerns that people who have recovered from the infection may still be vulnerable. That's unlikely, experts say.

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Careers

Why Does a High-impact Publication Matter So Much for a Career in Research?

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DORA
Careers

Why Does a High-impact Publication Matter So Much for a Career in Research?

Should academic science reconsider the definition of success?

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COVID-19

The Importance of Face Masks and the Tragedy of Downplaying Them

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COVID-19

The Importance of Face Masks and the Tragedy of Downplaying Them

Let's start all over again about face masks. The noise about them is a Judas Priest blare. Can we turn down the volume for a moment?

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Biodiversity

Tardigrades' Latest Superpower: a Fluorescent Protective Shield

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Biodiversity

Tardigrades' Latest Superpower: a Fluorescent Protective Shield

Scientists identify a species that appears to absorb potentially lethal UV radiation and emit blue light.

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Psychology

Researchers Crack Question of Whether Couples Start Looking Alike

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Psychology

Researchers Crack Question of Whether Couples Start Looking Alike

Study instead suggests people are initially attracted to those with similar features to themselves.

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Biodiversity

Hidden Camera's Hugging Tiger Wins Wildlife Photo Award

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Biodiversity

Hidden Camera's Hugging Tiger Wins Wildlife Photo Award

A camera-trap image of an Amur tiger takes the grand prize at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020.

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Biodiversity

'Jet Fighter' Godwit Breaks World Record for Non-stop Bird Flight

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'Jet Fighter' Godwit Breaks World Record for Non-stop Bird Flight

Bar-tailed godwit flies more than 12,000km from Alaska to New Zealand in 11 days.

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COVID-19
Open Science

The COVID-19 Pandemic Illustrates the Need for Open Science

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COVID-19
Open Science

The COVID-19 Pandemic Illustrates the Need for Open Science

We need more transparency in how scientific knowledge is created and communicated, especially in the context of a pandemic where science should guide important decisions affecting millions of people.

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Early Career Researchers
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Switzerland

Transnational Mobility Networks and Academic Social Capital Among Early‐Career Academics: Beyond Common‐Sense Assumptions

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Mobility
Early Career Researchers
Careers
Switzerland

Transnational Mobility Networks and Academic Social Capital Among Early‐Career Academics: Beyond Common‐Sense Assumptions

This study examines the composition of academics’ networks at different points in their career and discuss the role of transnational ties within them.

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Business
Technology

Google Employees Are Free to Speak Up. Except on Antitrust.

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Society
Business
Technology

Google Employees Are Free to Speak Up. Except on Antitrust.

A company operating in the shadow of government regulators has some very particular rules about what workers can say about it.

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